Monday, July 27, 2009

Not really a comic but...

We previewed JACK at Comic-Con. There is an ARC out there (Advance Reader Copy--a sneak preview copy the publishers make for reviewers and power-bloggers.) This ARC is black and white, the RAPUNZEL ARC was in full color. So if advance readers want full color, they'll have to wait, and buy it when it comes out. At some point, I hope to give away a copy or two to readers of this site (right now I don't actually have any.)

I was a little nervous about posting the cover artwork, even though it had been seen in public at Comic-Con, then I saw it was already up on Amazon. Woohoo! Let the countdown to January 2010 begin!

[UPDATE: The Amazon link may be for the Bloomsbury UK edition. In the "Editorial Reviews" section it lists Rapunzel's British reviews. So you may not want to pre-order this version, it may be later in coming, and more expensive than the US edition. I'll let you know when the US hardcover pops up for pre-order.]

What? Wha-what? Oh, I see, yeah I do have more than two readers of this blog (well, not on the 40th anniversary of the moon landing--that day I have zero readers. Why does everyone hate the moon landing, huh?)

I went to a web-comics "Bootcamp" at Comic-con, and apparently, according to them, I need at least two years to build up a decent online following. TWO YEARS!? I say have have a pretty decent following right now...around 30 people is decent, right? Plus lurkers--I gotta have some lurkers out there. I know how it goes because I am almost 100% a lurker when it comes to commenting on other people's sites. I guess that sorta makes me a hypocrite. (?)

Are you looking for reviews? Like you give out copies of the book in black and white and we just gush about it or something? I could so do that.I will also, without fail, be buying Calamity Jack in hard cover when it comes out, no matter what.